Bottle or can locking device.



' H. E. TREVOR.

BOTTLE OR CAN LOCKING DEVICE.

APPLIIGATION FILED MAY a. 1908.

934,48 1 Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

W v ATTORNEYU HERBERT EDWARD TREVOR, OF YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE OR CAN LOCKING DEVICE.-

Specification of Letters Iatent. Patented Sept, 21, Til-tilt}.

Application filed May 9, 1908. Serial No. 431,772.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be It known that I, HERBERT Enwann TREVOR, a. citizen of the UnitedStates of America,residing at New York city, in the county and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle or(an Locking Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for securing milk bottles and the likeagainst thieves, as .for instance, after the bottles have been left atthe door .of a house in'the early morning. Thievery of this kind is socommon as to be a general nuisance, and many can and bottle lockingdevices have been invented with the object of securing the articlesdelivered. Such devices have heretofore not been entirely satisfactoryfor a number of reasons. A device of the character mentioned must be ofsimple and durable construction. Its operation must be so clear that aman delivering the articles may readily understand the same. It must nothave parts, which by exposure to climatic conditions are liable to berencleredinopertivc. lts locking operation should be automatic, that isto say, no key to lock the same should be required by the delivery man,and the latter should not be put to any inconvenience whatever. In someone or more of these respects, the other devices in the art have failed.to be satisfactory, and in all of these respects, the present device iseminently satisfactory,

In the present invention, it is merely necessary to push the bottle orcan into the device, whereupon the same is automatically embraced andlocked against removal. The customer may then at his convenience removethe bottle. from the device by means of a key operating any suitablelock releasing mechanism.

Having set forth the general objects and nature of the invention. I willnow describe in detail, in connection with the accompan ving drawings, asimple embodiment of the same.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a top plan view of the device in itsunlocked condition. ready to receive the can or bottle. Fig. 2 is asimilar view showing the device in its locking position and as whencno'aging the neck of a milk bottle.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a bracket 1, adapted to besecured as by screws or otherwise to a suitable support.

The bracket 1 is cut away at 2 to permit of the insertion of the can orbottle. Pivoted to the bracket at points 3 are two arms or jaws 4,curved to conform to the curvature of the can or bottle, and in thepresent instance particularly designed to embrace. the neck of a milkbottle. Attached at one end to 'either jaw at points 5 to the rear ofthe pivotpins 3 is a. spring (3, the tension of which is to throw thejaws into the position shown in Fig. 1, with the ends 7 of the jawsclear of the opening 2 in the bracket. Mounted in a boss 8 on the.bracket. and adapted to have a sliding movement in a bearing therein isa pin 5). This Pin at its inner end is adapted to engage the spring 6and by the latter to be held projected outward over the opening 2 in thebracket. lVhen, however, a bottle is inserted into the bracket andforced against the pin 9, the latter in turn is forced against thespring (3, and serves through the spring 6 to cause the jaws'4 to berocked on their pivots 3 into the position shown in Fig. 2.

The rear extensions of the jaws 4t behind the points of connection withthe spring (3 are cut away as at 10 to form shoulders and to form achamber for the reception of a bolt 11, when the jaws are in theposition. shown in Fig. 2. The bolt- 11 by a spring of any suitable 'chaactor notshown is normal! j urged outward. When. however the jaws are inthe position shown in Fig. 1, the bolt 11 simply bears upon the ends 12of the jaw arms, and by the latter is held in that position. As soon as,by the means described. the jaws are. however, rocked into the positionshown in Fig. 2, so that the ends 12 of the jaw arms are removed fromthe path of the bolt 11, the latter springs into the position shown inFig. 2. \Vhen the bolt 11 is in the position shown in Fig. 2, the arms-t are prevented from being rocked back to the position shown in Fig- 1.and must remain in this position until the bolt is withdrawn, thussecurely holding the bottle or can, which may have been inserted intothe bracket 1.

Any suitable key mechanism maybe employed to operate the bolt 11. In thedrawings there is shown a case 12. containing the oted intermediately ofits length, one arm of each lever hooked so that the two hooked over theaperture, one arm of each lever and separate the other arms, a boltmounted tion, it is obvious that many changes within the scope of theinvention may be made in the structure shown Having-described theinvention, what I claim-and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In alock for bottles or jars, etc., a block or. bracket apertured to receivea bottle, a plurality of levers, each pivoted intermediately of itslength to the bracket to swing arms cooperate to hold an article placedbetween them, a spring normally tending to swing the levers about theirpi ots to separate the hooked arms, means operated by the article placedbet ween the hooked arms .to cause the spring to close the hooked armsto move between the two arms last mentioned, and means for actuating thebolt to move between the said arms when separated. 3. .[n a lock forbottles, Jars, etc., a block or bracket apertured to receive a jar orhottle, a plurality of levers pivoted intermediately of their length tothe'bracket to swing over the aperture, one arm of each lever beinghooked to inelose an article in the aperture, a toggle spring normallytending to swing the lever arms about their pivots to separate thehooked arms, means operated by the article placed between the hookedarms to straighten the toggle to close the hooked arms. a bolt mountedto move between the other two arms, and means for actuating the bolt tomove between the said arms.

4. A look comprising two levers, each pivoted intermediately of itslength, one arm of each lever hooked so that the two hooked armscooperate to hold an article placed between them, a spring togglenormally tending to swing the levers about their pivots to separate thehooked arms, means operated by the article placed between the hooked.arms to'straighten the toggle to close the curved arms and separate theother arms, a bolt mounted to move between the two arms last mentioned,and means for actuating the bolt to move between the said arms whenseparated.

Signed by me at New York city, county and State of New York, this 30thday of April, 1908.

HERBERT EDWARD TREVOR. I

Witnesses WILLIAM TREVOR, M. MC(}.\RTNEY.

